awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
self-aggrandizement under pretense of aiding another (aggrandisement, pretence)
Ebisu; god of fishing and commerce
ogre; demon; spirit of a deceased person; ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.); Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); very
connection; link; relationship
breaking off; snapping off
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
serious; earnest; real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice weapon)
that is to say; so that means
good or bad; right or wrong; for better or for worse; rightly or wrongly
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
incident; affair; happening; event
attention; notice; care; caution; advice; warning
with ... as a start; taking advantage of; inspired by
to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize
lump (of flour, etc.); clump (of ground meat, etc.)
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin
both ends; either end; both edges; double-mindedness; sitting on the fence
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
having no thought for; having no consideration for; disregarding; overlooking; (arch.) being found not guilty (in an Edo-period court); (arch.) acquittal
leisure time; idle moment
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to seal (letter); to prevent; to forbid; to block
disinheritance; disowning
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
slope; incline; slope (of a linear function); gradient (vector calculus)
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole